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Mostly Cloudy ~ High: 47°F ~ Low: 30°F Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 |
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If it's mechanical, don't let it around me.
Posted Saturday, February 4, at 3:31 PM Make that if it's mechanical, electrical, digital, analog, computerized. What have I left out? Remember when digital clocks came out and had to be set to the hour, minute and either am or pm? I was the one who did that at our house. When VCRs arrived, I was the one who got to hook up the wires to the TV and get those to working. It was always me when it came time to record programs on those tapes and play them back...
What a great weekend for football! I think the football games were especially good this weekend. That is probably because all my teams won. First there was Friday night when the Shelbyville Central High Eagles defeated Lawrence county 41-6. The night was cool and clear, a perfect night for football in Middle Tennessee...
Will someone please explain finances to me? I'm confused about the United States Postal Service (USPS). I saw a few of their ads on TV yesterday afternoon and then one already this morning. If the USPS is as broke as the government is telling us it is, how can they afford all those ads? Hopefully they didn't advertise during the Superbowl...
Heritage Medical Center earns our approval In the middle of June, my husband Jim was sick two nights in a row. He was sick at night but not during the day. Both days he thought it was indigestion & took a familiar antacid for relief. Sunday & Monday he felt just OK. Tuesday he awoke at 3 am with pains in his abdomen. ...
What happened to wash & wear? When I was growing up it seemed that everything we wore had to be washed & ironed. There were suits & dress clothes that had to be sent to the cleaners. However, other things required that they be washed, sprinkled, perhaps starched, & then ironed. How I hated ironing!...
I'm not believing these gas prices. I think it was Monday afternoon that I filled my car at Walmart for $3.63 a gallon. Then it went up to $3.69. Yesterday after the storm subsided we drove into town to eat, & I believe it had gone down 1-cent. On the way home the price had been raised to $3.75, which is what it was this afternoon. Who knows what it is now?...
Thank God & Delta We're Home! Jim and I just returned from ten wonderful nights in Hawaii. Three we spent on Waikiki Beach, which is a fun place to visit, but not for long. Then we moved on to Kauai, the northernmost of the Hawaiian Islands and our favorite. We spent a week in a condo where we had stayed twice before. The building is three floors high, and the condo is oceanfront. It was fantastic! However, all good things must come to an end, and this trip did...
Thanks, Times Gazette! On January 2, 2010, I wrote in this blog that I wanted to find a first cousin in Florida. We had been out of touch for years. He had tried to reach me, but we had not connected. I wrote that the next afternoon I would start my search to find him. I did not use his name...
Yes, Virginia, there is a Grinch, & he stole my Christmas! We had a big Thanksgiving with Jeff, our son in Orlando; my sister Janice had been to visit when I had shoulder surgery early in December; & then we visited with Gary, our son in Dyersburg, the weekend before Christmas. We knew we were having a small Christmas -- just the 2 of us. We had a few things on hand to cook. Jim also bought a couple of ingredients we still needed to make ambrosia. That was to be our simple Christmas...
National D-Day Memorial The words on the sign looked familiar. They read, "Welcome to Bedford County." There was just one catch. The sign was welcoming us to Bedford County, Virginia. The town we drove into was Bedford, Virginia. My sister Janice and I had been in Richmond, Virginia for 5 days while attending the General Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. ...
When will they stop? They are there every time the TV is turned on. There are the shrieking, screeching, cackling, weird sounds. Will they ever stop? Oh, you think I'm referring to the political ads. Could be. However, I could be writing about the Halloween ads. Have there always been so many Halloween commercials shown so frequently? It's surprising that the car manufacturers can even get a spot on TV between the spooks and the politicians...
You can't go home again. A couple of weeks ago I had an appointment to meet two friends I used to work with for lunch at the Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville. They work about a block from there, so it's convenient for them. I park in the city garage behind the library and just walk the short distance to the hotel. ...
Were you raised in a barn? Did you ever hear that question as you were growing up? I did -- either from my father or grandmother. It came when I had left an outside door open and I knew to close that door. Characters on TV shows are always coming in the front door and leaving it standing open. ...
Chores of Summer Today I have completed my favorite chore of summer -- freezing fresh corn. Jim brought sweet corn home today, and I went right to work. I love corn, and I can't stand the thought of wasting a bit. I'm reminded of a situation I found myself in many years ago. ...
There's No Place Like Home Today I opened the May 2010 issue of Southern Living magazine and saw a scene from Bedford County. Just past the opening ads, index, editorial page, and more ads, page 15 has a heading, "Best of the South". On that page is a picture of a young woman riding a horse in a wide creek and states it is in Wartrace, Tennessee. ...
Let's hear it for the big roll! First, let me say that I hope this subject is not offensive to the readers. Jim and I travel a great deal. We may drive to East Tennessee, visit my sister in Mississippi or our son in Florida, fly across the country, wherever. We also eat out way too much. While traveling, eating in restaurants, visiting doctors' offices, even attending basketball games, we use public restrooms...
Explain that move, please Because of the snow, we are at home tonight as we have been all weekend . Jim has one TV tuned to the Pro Bowl game. He moves back and forth to a western movie, and occasionally he turns it to the Grammy Awards show. I have the rest of the TVs in the house on the Grammy show. I enjoy hearing the music as well as who wins the awards regardless of where I am or what I am doing...
I used to hate days like this! Snow is beautiful, and I love watching it fall. There is a calmness that seems to take over when a good snow is on the ground. Yes, I love that, and I used to really love that on the weekends. Snow, sleet, freezing rain, or any threats of it caused panic in my veins Monday through Friday...
I can't believe it! Two days ago I wrote about contacting family members I hadn't heard from in years and years. I had called one cousin and planned to try to reach another one yesterday afternoon. Those intentions were good, but I didn't follow through. Today Jim and I had errands here in town and in Murfreesboro, where we took in a movie. ...
Any resolutions out there? I have never made New Year's resolutions. Perhaps it's because I know they won't be kept. As 2009 drew to a close, I thought about resolving to lose weight. I was thin most of my life, so it's hard for me to see the pounds creeping on. I know who is responsible and who should take care of it. Evidently I don't feel strongly enough about it...
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Hot topics If it's mechanical, don't let it around me.(7 ~ 10:04 AM, Feb 9)
What a great weekend for football!
Will someone please explain finances to me?
Heritage Medical Center earns our approval
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